SCENARIO 18-8 the Superintendent of a School District Wanted to Predict

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SCENARIO 18-8 The superintendent of a school district wanted to predict the percentage of students passing a sixth-grade proficiency test.She obtained the data on percentage of students passing the proficiency test (% Passing), daily mean of the percentage of students attending class (% Attendance), mean teacher salary in dollars (Salaries), and instructional spending per pupil in dollars (Spending)of 47 schools in the state. Following is the multiple regression output with as the dependent variable,
-Referring to Scenario 18-8, the null hypothesis implies that percentage of students passing the proficiency test is not related to one of the explanatory variables.

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Force Field Analysis

A management technique developed by Kurt Lewin, used to identify and analyze the forces for and against a change, helping in decision making and problem solving.

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